Vacuum cleaner bag



Dec. 1, 1931. A. T. KEYS I 1,833,904

VACUUM CLEANER BAG Filed April 28, 1930 .9 (Z 5 J flir INVENTOR.

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a provide means for tying an ordinary bag to Patented Dec. 1, 1931"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VACUUM CLEANER BAG Application filed April28, 1930. Serial No. 448,150.

This invention relates to vacuum cleaners such asare used for householdpurposes and more particularly to the means of emptying the dust bagwithout having the dust and dirt blow in all directions. I

The principal object of the invention is to a vacuum cleaner bag so thatthe contents of the vacuum cleaner bag could be confined While emptyingthe said contents into the ordinary bag. v

Another object of the invention isto provide a nipple having clampingmeans for clamping the end of the vacuum cleaner bag and an ordinary bagtothe opposite ends thereof so that the dust and dirt from the vacuumcleaner bag could be confined when emptying the contents of the vacuumcleaner bag into an ordinary paper bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide resilient means forclamping the bags in place andmeans for chaining the clamps to the bodyof the nipple so they will not be separated or lost.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the disclosure progresses.The drawings are intended to merely indicate a posslbleembodiment of theinvention. It is obvious that the actual needs of manufacture maynecessitate certain mechanical changes. It is therefore not intended tolimit the invention to the embodiment illustrated but rather to definesuch limits in the appended claims. For a more general understanding ofthe invention attention is now called to the draw: ings. In thesedrawings like parts are indicated by like reference charactersthroughout the specification.

Figure 1 is a view of the device showing the method of emptying thecontents of the vacuum cleaner bag into an ordinary paper bag.

Figure 2 is a view of the nipple.

Figure 3 is a top view thereof.

Figure 4 is another view of the nipple with the vacuum cleaner bag andpaper bag attached thereto.

Figure 5 is a section on ure 2. 1 o

Referrin now to the drawings in detail line 5 -5 of Fignumeral 1esignates the nipple, 2 the vacuum cleaner bag and 3a paper bag. Thenipple comprises a cylindrical body portion 4 having'flanges 5 and 6 atthe top and bottom. Adjoining these flanges are clamps 7 and 8 forclamping the bags to the nipple."

The clamps are made in two halves 9 and 10 and hinged as at 11. The endsof the clamps are provided With outwardly bent flanges 12 and 13 towhich are attached.

springs 14 and 15 for resiliently holding the clamps in place. Theflanges 12 are provided with slots 16 in which latches the clips 17fastened to one end of the springs. When removing the clamps 7 and 8 theclips 17 are manually taken from the slots and the two halves of theclamp will open up. Nu-

meral 18 designates a chain fastened at the ends to the clamps 7 and 8and at the center to the nipple, Thus when the two clamps are opened upthere .will be no danger of losingthem. I V The purpose of providing theflanges 5 and 6 at the ends of thef'nipple is to prevent bags from beingpulled accidentally from the nipple. In Figure 4 it will be seen how theclamps cause-the necks of the bags to bend around the flanges andthereby tend to keep the bags more firmly in place.

In practice when the vacuum cleaner bag 2 is filled it is removed fromthe cleaner and attached to one end of the nipple. A paper bag isfastened to the opposite end of the nipple as shown in Figure 1. Thevacuum cleaner bag is then shaken until all the dust and dirt will fallinto the paper bag.

It is thus seen that I have provided a sanitary, simple and inexpensivemeans of getting rid of the dust anddirt. The dust and dirt is confinedso that there is no chance of it blowing around. The paper bag can thenbe burned u or otherwise removed.

Having thus claim:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a cylindricalmember, of a pair of hinged clam s near the ends for 'pping the necks ofags around the en s of the cylindrical member, means for holding saidclamps resiliently around said cylindrical member, flanges at both endsof said cylinescribed my invention, 1

drical member, and a chain for connecting said clamps to saidcylindrical member.

' 2. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a cylindrical member of a pair of hinged clamps near theen s for gripping thmecks of bags around the ends cal member.

of the cylindrical member, means for holdin said clamps resilientlyaround said cylindrlcal member, flanges at both ends of said cylindricalmember, and a chain for chaining said clamps to said cylindrical member.

3. In a device of the class described in combination, a, cylindricalmember haying-flanges at the ends, a set of hinged clamps adjacent saidflanges, the ends of saidclamps having outwardly bent portions, tensionsprings, one end of said tension springs attached to one set of saidoutwardly bent portions, the other end of said springs having attachedthereto a latch which fits into a slot in the other of said outwardlybent ortions, and achain for chaining the said 0 amps'to said cylindrivIn testimony whereof I affix m signature.

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